Research Guides

 

WEBSITE EVALUATION Evaluating Webpages - UC Berkeley     ABC's of Website Evaluation
		http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
		http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/abcbrochure3.PDF
GUIDES
100.com - 100 top library spots		http://directory.100.com/?cat=Library
ALA's Best Free Reference Websites		http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/MARSBESTIndex.htm
Blue Web'n Learning Sites		http://www.kn.att.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm
ALA Great Websites for Kids		http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm
Library Spot		http://www.libraryspot.com/
NYPL Best of the Web		http://www.nypl.org/links/index.cfm
PDE Recommended Websites		http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/cwp/view.asp?a=12&Q=37901&g=164&librariesNav=|1222|1239|&librariesNav=|2511|2524|
Federal Citizen Information Center		http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
Federal Web Navigator		http://lawdbase.law.villanova.edu/fedweb/
Kids Portal for the US Government		http://www.kids.gov/
Get NetWise: Websites for Kids		http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
IASL Sites of the Week		http://www.iasl-online.org/advocacy/resources/siteofweek.html
IPL Teen Space		http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/
Kid Sites		http://www.kidsites.com/
Museum of Online Museums		http://www.coudal.com/moom/
U.S. Government Resources		http://www.dsl.psu.edu/library/lrr/links/usg/
Selected Links for ESL/EFL Students		http://iteslj.org/ESL.html
USA.gov		http://www.usa.gov/
Web 100		http://www.web100.com/index.html
NY Times Student Navigator		http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/navigator/students.html
SEARCH ENGINES
PIXSY - search photos and videos		http://www.pixsy.com/
Google/ALA's Best Free Reference Websites		http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=012681041057676717069:lxoys7hon_y
WWW Virtual Library		http://vlib.org/
SUBJECT DIRECTORIES
Awesome Library		http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
BUBL Information Service		http://bubl.ac.uk/
Internet Public Library		http://www.ipl.org/
Kid Info		http://www.kidinfo.com/schoolsubjects.html
Kids Click!		http://www.kidsclick.org/
Multnomah County Library Homework Center		http://www.multcolib.org/homework/
FAVORITES
NPR		http://www.npr.org/
PBS		http://www.pbs.org
PBS Kids		http://pbskids.org/
A&E Biographies		http://www.biography.com/
Library of Congress		http://www.loc.gov/index.html
US Government Printing Office		http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
BBC		http://www.bbc.co.uk/
US EPA		http://www.epa.gov/
Franklin Institute Science Museum		http://www2.fi.edu/
National Geographic		http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
National Park Service		http://www.nps.gov/
New York Public Library (NYPL)		http://www.nypl.org/
OLOGY - American Museum of Natural History		http://www.ology.amnh.org/
Discovery Channel		http://dsc.discovery.com/
Renaissance Connection		http://www.renaissanceconnection.org/
Rolling Stone Magazine - Biographies		http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty
Newseum		http://www.newseum.org/
About.com		http://www.about.com/
SCIENCE
Animal Diversity Web		http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
Archaeology		http://www.archaeology.org/
Biology Browser		http://www.biologybrowser.org/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention		http://www.cdc.gov/index.htm
Exploratorium		http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Digital Library Learning Resources Collection		http://nsdl.exploratorium.edu/nsdl/browseCategory.do
Health Map: Global Disease Alert Map		http://healthmap.org/
USA.gov for Science		http://www.science.gov/
Rainforest Alliance		http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/index.cfm
SOCIAL STUDIES
American Heritage.com Best of the Web		http://www.americanheritage.com/bow/
Best of History Websites		http://www.besthistorysites.net/
American Presidency		http://ap.grolier.com/
Bureau of Economic Analysis		http://www.bea.gov/index.htm
Ben Franklin Web Portal		http://ben.clusty.com/
Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids		http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
CIA World Factbook		https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
CNN Student News		http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/index.html
GPO Access - U.S. Government Printing Office		http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
Digital History		http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
History Matters		http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
History Net		http://www.historynet.com/
Library of Congress - American Memory Project		http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Lewis and Clark Across Missouri		http://lewisclark.geog.missouri.edu/index.shtml
Library of  Congress - Country Studies		http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
Presidents of the United States		http://www.potus.com/index.html
Pompeii		http://www.fieldmuseum.org/pompeii/
Slavery in New York		http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/
LITERACY
Threads of Reading		http://www.threadsofreading.com/id27.htm
Reading Rockets		http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/books/c557
Teen Reads		http://www.teenreads.com/index.asp
Web English Teacher		http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
Pa. Center for the Book		http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/
TEACHER RESOURCES
Enchanted Learning		http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence		http://www.free.ed.gov/
Gateway to 21st Century Skills		http://www.thegateway.org/
K12 Station		http://www.k12station.com/
discoveryschool.com		http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Teaching Resources from Laura Candler		http://lauracandler.com/
PBS Teachers		http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
Read Write Think		http://www.readwritethink.org/
Library of Congress Learning Page		http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/timeline/index.html
Children's Picture Book Database		http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/
Coloring Books published by the Federal Government		http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/coloringbooks.html
Education World		http://www.educationworld.com/
Digital Library Learning Resources Collection		http://nsdl.exploratorium.edu/nsdl/browseCategory.do
International Children's Digital Library		http://www.icdlbooks.org/
Landmarks for Schools		http://www.landmark-project.com/index.p